Live flights over Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,838 departures and 1,821 arrivals at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, 523 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Chicago (ORD), Atlanta (ATL) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW). The airline seen most often is United Parcel Service.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SDF
- ICAO code
- KSDF
- City
- Louisville
- Region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 153 m (501 ft)
- Coordinates
- 38.1706, -85.73508
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Louisville.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 196 | 163 | 359 |
| Mon 2 | 122 | 112 | 234 |
| Tue 3 | 316 | 323 | 639 |
| Wed 4 | 318 | 315 | 633 |
| Thu 5 | 326 | 332 | 658 |
| Fri 6 | 313 | 315 | 628 |
| Sat 7 | 247 | 261 | 508 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Chicago ORD 163 flights
- Atlanta ATL 130 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 130 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 96 flights
- Newark EWR 91 flights
- Charlotte CLT 77 flights
- Anchorage ANC 74 flights
- Houston IAH 72 flights
- Miami MIA 70 flights
- Denver DEN 63 flights
- Baltimore BWI 61 flights
- Orlando MCO 61 flights
- Minneapolis MSP 57 flights
- Detroit DTW 54 flights
- Ontario ONT 51 flights
- Memphis MEM 49 flights
31 more connections
- Phoenix PHX 47
- Chicago MDW 43
- Dulles IAD 42
- Boston BOS 41
- Tampa TPA 40
- Washington DCA 36
- New York LGA 36
- San Antonio SAT 34
- Nashville BNA 31
- San Juan SJU 30
- Hartford BDL 29
- Manchester MHT 29
- New York JFK 28
- Milwaukee MKE 25
- Portland PDX 25
- Richmond RIC 25
- Pittsburgh PIT 24
- Chicago/Rockford RFD 19
- Oakland OAK 17
- Salt Lake City SLC 16
- Seattle BFI 15
- Köln CGN 13
- Jacksonville JAX 13
- Las Vegas LAS 13
- Los Angeles LAX 13
- Kansas City MCI 13
- Greensboro GSO 12
- Spokane GEG 11
- Lubbock LBB 11
- New Orleans MSY 11
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 11
Airlines
- United Parcel ServiceUPS 2,108
- Republic AirwaysRPA 265
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 219
- Delta Air LinesDAL 93
- American AirlinesAAL 80
- PSA AirlinesJIA 79
- Mesa AirlinesASH 67
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 63
- Envoy AirENY 53
- NetJetsEJA 43
Aircraft
- Boeing 767-300 B763 1,092
- A306 550
- B752 386
- E75L 350
- Boeing 747-8 B748 111
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 100
- Boeing 737-700 B737 96
- Boeing 737-800 B738 94
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 78
- CRJ7 72
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/38.1706/lon/-85.73508/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Louisville right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Louisville: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SDF, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were United Parcel Service, Republic Airways, Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines.
What are the main connections from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Chicago (ORD, 163), Atlanta (ATL, 130), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW, 130), Philadelphia (PHL, 96) and Newark (EWR, 91). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Louisville? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport? +
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport has IATA code SDF and ICAO code KSDF. It lies in Kentucky, United States, at coordinates 38.1706, -85.73508.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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